Creative Vinyl Signs, Inc. provides a wide range of custom engraving and etching services in Michigan. This includes headstone engraving, flat marker engraving, single monument engraving, comparison monument engraving, family monument engraving, and cremation monuments engraving. We also provide memorial signage, memorial benches, and more.
Designing Your Custom Memorial or Monument
When you design a custom memorial or monument, we’ll walk you through a step-by-step process to help bring the ideas you have to life. Regardless of whether you want to go with a flat marker or a cremation monument, we’ll provide you with the guidance you need. The 5-step process looks like this:
- You begin by selecting the style of your custom memorial or monument with options including a flat marker, a bevel marker, a slant on base headstone, an upright monument, a bench memorial, a boulder memorial, and a cremation monument.
- You decide the right size for the memorial or monument.
- You choose which materials you want your custom memorial or monument to be made from, with marble, granite, and bronze among the most popular options.
- You select the finish that you would like to be applied to your custom memorial or monument (polished, steeled/frosted, sawn, rock pitch, and specialty finishes like axed, honed, and shell rock will be your options).
- You design your custom memorial or monument with lettering, carving, etching, artwork, and whatever else you would like.
Flush Marker Gravestone Monuments Engraving
Flush marker gravestone monuments are among the simplest monuments around. They lay flat on the ground on top of a person’s burial site and make it easy for cemeteries to maintain the grass that surrounds them. Although they’re not particularly large, you can still customize them through our flat marker engraving services.
Flush Marker Gravestone Monument Sizing
- Single grave with one name: 24” x 12” x 4”
- Single grave with two names: 30” x 12” x 4”
- Double grave with names: 36” x 12” x 4” (can potentially be larger)
- Infant marker: 16” x 8” x 4”
Bevel Marker Gravestone Monument
While bevel marker gravestone monuments look a lot like flush marker monuments at first glance, they have a slight slope to them that makes it simpler to read the gravestone engraving on them. They also tend to stay a little cleaner than flush marker monuments since dirt and other debris won’t gather on them. They can be cored, which ensures cremated remains can be placed in them.
Bevel Marker Gravestone Monument Sizing
- Single grave with one name: 24” x 12” x 6”
- Single grave with two names: 30” x 12” x 6”
- Double grave with two names: 36” x 12” x 6” (can potentially be larger)
- Infant marker: 16” x 8” x 6”
Slant on Base Headstone Monument
For those families that would prefer a monument that rises up from the ground rather than lying flat on it, the slant on base headstone monument is a great fit. Whether you place it on a base or go without one, this headstone monument will be easy to read, and it will provide more space for custom headstone engraving.
Slant on Base Headstone Monument Sizing
- Single grave with one name: 24” x 10” x 16” (On Base: 34” x 14” x 6”)
- Single grave with two names: 30” x 10” x 16” (On Base: 40” x 14” x 6”)
- Double grave with two names: 36” x 10” x 16” (On Base: 48” x 14” x 6” and can potentially be larger)
- Infant marker: 20” x 10” x 16” (On Base: 30” x 14” x 6”)
Upright Monument Tombstone/Headstone Monuments
If you’re in the market for a headstone monument that will provide you with all the space you could ever want and need for single monument engraving, you can’t go wrong with an upright tombstone monument. It’ll make a loved one’s monument easy to find in a cemetery, and it’ll also give you an opportunity to pay tribute to your loved one with advanced headstone engraving services.
Upright Monument Sizing
- Single grave with one name: 24” x 6” x 18” (On Base: 34” x 12” x 6”)
- Double grave with two names: 36” x 6” x 20” (On Base: 48” x 12” x 6”)
- Double grave with two names: 36” x 8” x 24” (On Base: 48” x 14” x 8”)
- Double grave with two names: 42” x 6” x 20” (On Base: 54” x 12” x 6”)
- Double grave with two names: 42” x 8” x 26” (On Base: 54” x 14” x 8”)
- Double grave with two or more names: 42” x 6” x 20” (On Base: 54” x 12” x 6”)
- Double grave with two or more names: 42” x 8” x 26” (On Base: 54” x 14” x 8” or larger)
- Infant monument: 16” x 4” x 18” (On Base: 20” x 10” x 6”)
Bench Memorial Monuments
If your family plans on spending a lot of time in a cemetery visiting your loved one, bench memorial monuments will provide people with a place to sit and rest while paying their respects. They’ll also set your loved one’s monument apart from all the rest in a cemetery while still giving you an opportunity to add custom engraving touches to memorial benches.
Bench Memorial Monument Sizing
- Single grave bench will usually have a 36” long seat
- Two grave lot, or larger, will usually have a 48” long seat
Boulder Memorials
Any families that want to make their loved ones’ memorials look unique will appreciate boulder memorials. They have a distinct style you won’t find in most other memorials in a cemetery. While they don’t come with a lot of space for headstone engraving, it can still be done on these custom creations.
Boulder Memorial Sizing
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Cremation Monuments
Just because you’re cremating a loved one doesn’t mean you can’t still keep their remains safely in a cemetery. You can invest in a cremation monument that is big enough to store your loved one’s remains in a sealed unit above ground. You can also add gravestone engraving to cremation monuments.
Cremation Monument Sizing
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Gallery of Monuments Before Etching or Engraving
Are you interested in doing custom headstone engraving on any of the burial memorials or monuments that we just touched on? Contact Creative Vinyl Signs, Inc. at 269-782-2833 for more information on the engraving services that we can provide for you in Michigan.